I have a V5 unit and would be interested in getting a full upgrade if I sent it off to get the soldering done.
Not sure if you wanted people to respond to that question, or you were just thinking aloud...
-Dan Staley
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From: Joel Newkirk [freerunner at newkirk.us]
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:33 PM
To: List for Openmoko community discussion
Subject: Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:21:11 -0800, "Sargun Dhillon"
<xbmodder+openmoko at gmail.com> wrote:
> Joel, any update on this?
Still waiting for an answer from OM. (I posted a question in this thread
Friday regarding Tanatalum instead of Ceramic cap - the difference being
$0.25 vs $2 each in qty 100, and my radio guy thinks Tant is a good choice
for filtering, but waiting for word from Steve or Jeorg) Boss said he's
willing to do the jobs, but we have no caps, can't order until we know
which ones to order. We're also hoping to find out what "help them/reward
them" involves. (IE, OM provide parts? OM underwrite repair? Cover part
of repair? Send me a Christmas card? :) Boss ballparked the job at $25
but nothing definite yet. (depends in part on parts) The only concern
they had when I showed them the pdf and my FreeRunner was regarding
damaging the housing while soldering - at which point I demonstrated
removing the board from the FR with about 30 seconds effort and they said
"oooooohhhhh.... OK then. :)"
I find myself wondering how many V5 FreeRunners are in the field and
whether the owners thereof would want the ability to 'update' to the V6
hardware fixes. I know of the cap on the uSD pins fix for the GPS vs uSD
issue (though not the identity of that capacitor), I don't know what change
allows a V6 to run without battery or if other differences exist. Dropping
a cap on the two pins of the uSD socket is pretty trivial if you're already
doing SMD work, so if we're already performing the Big-C rework I'd guess
(pure personal speculation) that we could add the cap to the SD lines for
little more expense and time.
j
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Joel Newkirk <freerunner at newkirk.us>
> wrote:
>> I'm going to talk to the guys at work tomorrow and show them the rework
> PDF
>> - we are equipped to make this fix, could probably offer it
> inexpensively
>> to those nearby (southeastern North Carolina) or those willing to ship.
>> (among other things - like security systems and internet services - we
>> repair handheld radios and wireless broadband networking gear, including
>> replacing BGAs and more mundane SMD components) I'm betting we have the
>> resistors on hand, would probably need to order a hundred or so of the
>> caps. I'll post back here if the answer is positive. We're located in
>> Hamlet NC, near Ft Bragg, but we're gearing up to offer repairs
> nationwide
>> for specific wireless networking gear, so shipping and processing of
>> customer repair items in/out is forthcoming anyway, this is just a
>> different board with a much simpler fix to be performed, I'm just not
> sure
>> they'll be interested in offering it as inexpensively as I'd like.
>>>> j
>>>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:29:32 -0800, Steve Mosher <steve at openmoko.com>
>> wrote:
>>> If guys raise there hand to help others out I'll come up with a program
>>> to help them out/ reward them. If you are willing to raise your hand,
>>> drop me a mail.
>>>>>>steve at openmoko.com>>>>>> Sargun Dhillon wrote:
>>>> Very cool.
>>>>>>>> Now, all the hardware hackers out there who want to make a buck to fix
>>>> our Free runners, raise your hands.
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Steve Mosher <steve at openmoko.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Probably best to send the requests directly to Joerg.
>>>>>>>>>> Vasco Névoa wrote:
>>>>>> I'd really like pictures with better focus and a little more
> light...
>>>>>> especially the last one, which is very blurred!
>>>>>>>>>>>> Citando Steve Mosher <steve at openmoko.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I pulled the old copy. See below
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SOP paper (draft3, 2008-12-10 19:00) placed here:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/GSM_EMI_noise/big-C_rework_SOP__DRAFT3__.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please have a look and report on any mistakes or things that need
>>>>>>> improvement.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> jOERG
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Neil Jerram wrote:
>>>>>>>> 2008/12/10 Steve Mosher <steve at openmoko.com>:
>>>>>>>>> The DRAFT fix for the buzz problem is here:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> C&P of joerg's mail.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/GSM_EMI_noise/big-C_rework_SOP__DRAFT!!__.pdf
>>>>>>>> I'm getting 404 for this URL.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Neil
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